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Where lawyers can read about wellbeing, alternative ways to practice law, and other legal news
At the Law Society of Upper Canada’s June 2017 Convocation the Rules of Professional Conduct were amended to add a new rule (Rule 3.7-7A) governing a lawyer’s professional obligations when leaving a law firm. This is a welcome amendment. Previously, there was a dearth of available...
By Emily Lukaweski*
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) came into force July 1, 2014. It established a set of rules for sending marketing and promotional emails, texts or other electronic messages, referred to as Commercial Electronic Messages (CEMs). These rules apply to law...
While civil claim e-filing has been available since 2015 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, it has been limited to the Small Claims Court Division (i.e. for claims less than $25,000.00). A new pilot project is expanding e-filing for claims above $25,000.00, but there are some limitations...
If you are a lawyer or law student in Ontario, you’ve likely heard something about the debate over the future of the lawyer licensing process in this province. What is the best way to vet future lawyers? The Law Society of Upper Canada (“LSUC”) wants to find out, and they want to...
In November you might have seen a Tweet, email, or LinkedIn share announcing the launch of the Coach and Advisor Network (CAN) at the Law Society of Upper Canada and you might have wondered, what is this? We certainly did. Our interest was piqued, so we did a little investigating.
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